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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:36:29AM -0400, Stewart Honsberger wrote: |
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> The last patch of the slope is the Vi(M) discussion. "Vi is hard" seems |
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> like a bit of a cop-out to me. Vi can be summed-up in half a dozen lines; |
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> vi <filename> - Load file for editing |
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> /<keyword> - search |
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> :w - Write file to disk |
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> :q - Quit |
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> Commands can be combined, eg; :wq - Write file to disk and Quit |
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> Five lines and users have all the knowledge they need to create / edit |
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> their base system files. A few more short lines and you can explain |
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> (global) search/replace to give them more advanced functionality. |
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The commands you just noticed are enough to load, search and write |
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a file. But you don't tell how to edit, or how to get into the |
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right mode for entering the commands after editing :-) |
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SCNR, |
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Patrick |